Economic Policy Institute: Briefing Paper: No Shortage   of Nonstandard Jobs

TABLE S1 Nonstandard Workers as a Share of All Workers, by Industry and Sex, 1997 Industry Women Men Agriculture 74.3% 54.7% Forestry and Fisheries 40.7% 36.7% Mining 19.8% 9.2% Construction 46.8% 37.7% Manufacturing 13.8% 8.5% Transp., Comm., Pub. Utilities 23.8% 17.8% Wholesale Trade 26.2% 17.1% Retail Trade 48.6% 31.8% Finance, Insur., Real Estate 23.1% 26.4% Private Household Services 61.3% 57.9% Business and Repair Services 46.4% 36.9% Personal Services 48.8% 32.5% Entertain., Recreation Services 52.0% 36.2% Professional Services 33.1% 28.5% Public Administration 11.8% 6.8% All 33.7% 24.3%
Author's analysis of the February 1997 Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
This table updates Table 2 in Kalleberg et al, Nonstandard Work, Substandard Jobs: Flexible Work Arrangements in the U.S., 1997.

TABLE S2 Detailed (3-Digit) Industries With the Greatest Shares of Nonstandard Workers, by Sex and NSWA Female Male Worker Type Detailed Industry Percent Detailed Industry Percent Regular Eating and drinking places 11.8% Eating and drinking places 14.7% Part-time Elementary and secondary, schools 9.1% Colleges and universities 10.3% Hospitals 6.2% Grocery stores 6.8% Colleges and universities 5.6% Construction 5.7% Grocery stores 5.1% Department stores 3.3% 37.8% 40.8% Temporary Personnel Supply Services 27.9% Personnel supply services 23.2% Help Agency Health Services, n.e.c. 5.6% Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment 4.1% Telephone Communications 3.0% Construction 4.1% Electrical Machinery, n.e.c. 2.9% Telephone communications 3.8% Banking 2.8% Engineering, architectural, and surveying 3.1% 42.2% 38.3% On-Call/ Elementary & Secondary Schools 25.0% Construction 33.8% Day Laborers Hospitals 12.1% Elementary and secondary, schools 6.5% Eating & Drinking Places 6.9% Trucking service 5.5% Health Services, n.e.c. 5.7% Agricultural production, crops 3.4% Child Day Care Services 5.1% Justice, public order, and safety 3.3% 5.1% 52.5% Self-employed Family child care homes 14.4% Agricultural production, livestock 9.4% Agricultural production, livestock 6.8% Construction 7.6% Beauty shops 5.7% Automotive repair and related services 5.1% Eating and drinking places 4.1% Agricultural production, crops 4.5% Agricultural production, crops 3.7% Legal services 4.1% 34.7% 30.7% Independent Private Households 18.8% Construction 17.9% Contractor Real estate 15.0% Real estate 9.0% (wage/salary) Child day care sciences 7.7% Insurance 5.3% Services incidental to transportation 4.2% Taxicab service 4.0% Beauty shops 4.0% Computer and data processing services 3.4% 49.7% 39.6% Independent Business services, n.e.c. 8.7% Construction 32.3% Contractor Family child care homes 6.4% Landscape and horticultural services 4.7% (self-employed) Direct selling establishments 5.8% Trucking service 4.6% Beauty shops 5.6% Real estate 3.5% Real estate 5.6% Management and public relations services 2.8% 32.1% 47.9% Contract Health Services, n.e.c. 11.6% Construction 14.6% Workers Hospitals 6.6% Computer and data processing services 8.7% Services to dwellings and other buildings 6.5% Engineering, architectural, and surveying services 4.6% Management and public relations services 4.6% Detective and protective services 4.0% Business services, n.e.c. 3.6% National security and international affairs 3.8% 32.9% 35.7% Regular Elementary and secondary, schools 10.5% Construction 8.8% Full-time Hospitals 8.0% Eating and drinking places 3.1% Eating and drinking places 3.5% Elementary and secondary, schools 3.0% Insurance 3.3% Justice, public order, and safety 2.8% Banking 3.0% Trucking service 2.7% 28.3% 20.4% On-Call Hospitals 17.6% Construction 29.1% Regular Health services, n.e.c. 9.5% Justice, public order, and safety 5.2% Eating and drinking places 7.0% Hospitals 4.9% Elementary and secondary, schools 6.2% Trucking service 4.0% Justice, public order, and safety 4.5% Electric light and power 3.6% 44.8% 46.8% On-Call Elementary and secondary, schools 39.6% Construction 35.3% Only Hospitals 8.2% Elementary and secondary, schools 10.3% Private Households 7.4% Trucking service 7.0% Health services, n.e.c. 5.1% Agricultural production, crops 4.9% Eating and drinking places 3.8% Landscape and horticultural services 3.6% 64.1% 61.1%
This table updates Table 3 in Kalleberg et al, Nonstandard Work, Substandard Jobs: Flexible Work Arrangements in the U.S., 1997.

TABLE S3 Nonstandard Workers as a Share of All Workers, by Occupation and Sex Occupation Women Men Exec., Admin, & Managerial 21.2% 25.4% Professional Specialty 29.2% 25.3% Tech. And Related Support 27.1% 18.2% Sales Occupations 46.4% 33.4% Admin. Support, Clerical 28.9% 17.8% Private Household 61.7% 86.9% Protective Service 32.2% 15.3% Service, Except Prot. & Hhld. 52.7% 30.0% Precision Prod., Craft & Repair 22.2% 22.5% Machine Oper., Assem. & Inspec. 16.1% 9.2% Trans. And Material Moving 40.1% 20.1% Handlers, Clean., Helpers, Laborers 34.9% 25.8% Farming, Forestry And Fishing 71.3% 50.4% All 33.7% 24.3%
This table updates Table 4 in Kalleberg et al, Nonstandard Work, Substandard Jobs: Flexible Work Arrangements in the U.S., 1997.